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As a FRIEND, you can help the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature (TSHL) in its efforts to:

• Encourage senior citizens to participate more actively in public affairs, in the interest of Good Government for all Texans.
• Encourage more non-partisan discussion and debate of Senior citizen issues.
• Provide older citizens with avenues to serve as senior issue resources in both public and private sectors, and to interact with other citizen groups, organizations and agencies.
• Adopt selected Senior issues as legislative priorities for the Texas Legislature to consider.

Check the Calendar for upcoming dates!

Walter Graham, Chair, TSHL Election & Credential Committee, announced that the 12th TSHL elections will be conducted by local area agencies on aging, May 27, 2008. Deadline for candidates to file for election is February 29, 2008. Contact Honorable Walter Graham, Chair, TSHL Election and Credential Committee for any questions or requests for information. Email: w.graham@TxSHL.org. Phone: 254-629-1403. Election Kit.

TSHL is conducting town hall forums during the Spring 2008 to give senior citizens and the public a forum to discuss aging issues, concerns and solutions. TSHL members and community leaders are planning these forums for several TSHL districts.

The first forum was conducted March 4, 2008, Abilene Civic Center, Abilene, as part of Live Long and Love It Conference. Contact Bruce Davis, coordinator, for more information at b.davis@TxSHL.org

As part of the Texas Conference on Aging, a town hall forum will be conducted April 7, 2008, Hilton Hotel, College Station. Keynote speaker is Representative Patrick Rose, 45th District, Dripping Springs. Contact Chris Kyker, coordinator, for more information at c.kyker@TxSHL.org. Details of the Texas Conference on Aging.

The Panhandle TSHL members will conduct a town hall meeting, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 9 am to 12 pm, Amarillo Senior Citizens Association, 12th and Polk Street, Amarillo. Two topics will be discussed: Financial Implications as We Age and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Contact Alan Abraham, Panhandle Coordinator, for details. Email: a.abraham@TxSHL.org.

Watch this space for more town hall forums as dates are confirmed.

If you wish to identify an aging issue, concern or offer a solution, please use the box below. Your comments will be added to the issues, concerns and solutions identified during the town hall meetings conducted across Texas. This information will enable TSHL members to develop resolutions for consideration during the TSHL Legislative Session, to be conducted in September 2008. Those resolutions adopted by TSHL will be forwarded to the Governor, Texas Legislators and the Department of Aging and Disability Services for consideration during the 81st Session of the Texas Legislature.